9-letter words containing a, n, t, i, l
- libations — Plural form of libation.
- libellant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- limit man — (in a handicap sport or game) the competitor with the maximum handicap
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lineality — The quality of being lineal.
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lineation — an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- lineolate — marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- lingayata — a Saiva cult emphasizing devotion and faith.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- linoleate — Any salt or ester of linoleic acid.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- lithuania — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Capital: Vilnius.
- litigants — Plural form of litigant.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- long tail — the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunitidal — pertaining to the part of the tidal movement dependent upon the moon.
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- malignity — the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
- malintent — Malicious intent.
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.